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Barb George's avatar

Amen.

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Suzanna de Baca's avatar

Amen is right. As you well know.

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Diane Porter's avatar

Well, Suzanna, this is the unbearable grief. Your poem manages to make poetry out of it, more's the irony, and so right on.

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Suzanna de Baca's avatar

Diane, thank you for the note. One beautiful thing about this column is meeting some readers, including you and your own lovely writing. It is a delight.

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Rekha Basu's avatar

So beautiful and poignant.

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Jody Gifford's avatar

This is heartbreakingly beautiful, Suzanna. Much love to you as you navigate this time with your mom.

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Suzanna de Baca's avatar

You are so sweet, thank you. It's actually my dear aunt (my Mom's sister). She died in 2021 after we cared for her here for many years after her dementia got worse and worse. Loved her so much and can just now get some of these scribbles out and start polishing them up. XXOO

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Cheryl Tevis's avatar

So heartfelt! Thank you.

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